If there is one thing Henlopen baseball coaches can agree on, it's that anyone can beat anyone this season.

As the playoffs draw closer and teams prepare for the final push, games have had more meaning and have been extra tight.

Last Friday, Cape Henlopen shocked Top-5 team Sussex Tech 10-0. The Ravens then battled it out with Sussex Central, holding on by a umpire's ruling on an interference call that ended the game with the bases loaded. Central regrouped and beat a Top-5 team in Caravel, 6-4 on Thursday. A day before, Cape held off a feisty Indian River team to keep their playoff hopes alive.

With few games left, here's what you need to know about the four teams:

Central (7-5): Overcoming a challenging loss

Head coach Todd Brock challenged his team after the wild finish against Sussex Tech.

In case you missed the story on DelmarvaNow.com, here's a quick recap:

With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Sussex Central was down two, primed to steal a win from rivals Sussex Tech. After relieving Brady Parks on the mound, Tech's Ryan Swingle struck out Brent Hansen, setting up Dustin Reynolds with a chance to win the game.

Reynolds lined one up the middle and Tech went to turn a double play to end the game. As Ravens' second baseman Tyler Banning turned and threw, Central's J.D. Messeck slid into him and the bag, attempting to break up the game-ending play. The throw was broken up and first baseman Cole Collins couldn't scoop it.

Another run scored, which would have tied the game at 7-7, but the umpire ruled interference, giving Tech the 7-6 win.

The emotionally charged Golden Knights' bench cleared, as did the Ravens, to celebrate the victory. Some players had to be held back, but the hand shake after everything settled was respectful because it was a back-and-fourth game.

"I saw our guy slide straight into the base, not go over the base and directly into the base," Brock said. "I know in high school baseball you can't go outside the baseline. It's not big leagues where you can reach for the base. You can't go across the base, but as a baserunner I feel like you have a right to the base. Fortunately, that's what our guy did. But unfortunately, the call was made that we took the second baseman out."

Brock put in a request to protest the game to the Henlopen Conference, but no decision was made by Friday.

No matter, his team responded just as he would want them to.

The Golden Knights upset Caravel (9-3) to gain momentum heading into their six final games against Laurel, Seaford, Dover, Delmar, Indian River and St. Mark's.

Sal Ingrassia pitched 6 1/3 to earn the win against Caravel, Jacob Swift went 3 for 3 with a double and Justin Mears was 2 for 4, leading the Knights to the win.

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Sussex Tech’s Tyler Banning attempts a double play while Sussex Central’s J.D. Messeck slides in to break up the game-ending double play. The Golden Knights were down two with one out and the bases loaded. Central would have scored the tying run since the double play was not completed, but the umpire ruled interference, ending the game.(Photo: Staff photo by Ryan Marshall)

Tech (10-2): Just keep on winning

The "win" against Sussex Central put the Ravens back on track to cruise into the playoffs with a 10-2 record and six games left to play against Lake Forest, Laurel, Milford, St. Mark's, Polytech and Mt. Pleasant.

But head coach G.L. Jefferson isn't celebrating with his team just yet, despite even more good news for the team as Dover lost to Polytech.

"It kind of does put us back in the driver's seat, but we can't take that lightly," Jefferson said.

"We never feel comfortable in the Henlopen," Jefferson added. "I said it before, I'll say it again: The Henlopen is by far the toughest conference in the entire state, top to bottom, especially this year with a lot of the southern teams looking like they're on fire with Lake Forest and Milford and those guys. You can't look past anybody."

After getting roughed up against Cape, Jefferson said Parks bounced back nicely, picking up the win for the Ravens after relieving Trent Hearn against the Knights.

"He just battles," Jefferson said. "He had a rough outing at Cape Henlopen this past week, but he never deterred from it. We never doubted him after that. He came in and pitched great for us."

Cape (7-6): Win four of five to be safe

The 10-0 win against Sussex Tech was a much-needed statement by the Cape Henlopen baseball team, head coach Ben Evick said.

It has continued through this past week as the Vikings beat Milford (7-5) 14-4 and IR 9-5. But the momentum needs to keep rolling, Evick said.

"We're right in the hunt to get in with fives games left," Evick said. "Assuming that we can continue to play at the level, that we are able to pick up some wins at the end of the season, we can get it."

The Vikings still have St. Georges Tech, Caesar Rodney (final home game), Polytech, Smyrna and St. Mark's.

Evick said the tough schedule is what Cape has going for them. Most of the teams will finish about a .750 winning percentage, lending some bonus points to the Vikings' final standing.

"If we can pull four out of five, we gotta a really good chance," Evick said.

Indian River (5-8): Promising young players to watch

Indian River really needed to beat Cape to improve their playoff chances, and they came so close.

Down 6-2 after four innings, the Indians rallied back with three runs in the top of the fifth to crawl back within one. But Cape knocked in three runs in the bottom of the sixth to sink the Indians to a 9-5 losses.

With a difficult schedule the rest of the way, co-head coaches Chris McGee and Kevin Cordrey know the Indians would like have to win out against Stephen Decatur, Woodbridge, Lake Forest, Sussex Central and Salesianum to make the playoffs.

But McGee said it is a valuable lesson to the young team to remember this year's motto: "buy in."

"To be considered in the race to make the playoffs is a good step for us in the future," McGee said.